2019–20 LigaPro

The 2019–20 LigaPro was the 30th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the sixth season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 18 teams competed in this division, including reserve sides from top-flight Primeira Liga teams.

LigaPro

Season	2019–20
Champions	none
Promoted	Nacional Farense
Relegated	none
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

On 12 March 2020, the LPFP suspended the league until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. On 5 May, the LPFP announced the league would be abandoned, with Farense and Nacional being promoted to the Primeira Liga, while Casa Pia and Cova da Piedade would be relegated to the Campeonato de Portugal in 2020–21.^[1] On 29 July, the Portuguese Football Federation announced that the 2019–20 Primeira Liga teams Vitória de Setúbal and Aves would be punished with direct relegation to the Campeonato de Portugal, after failing to provide valid licensing documentation to compete in the professional leagues. As a result, Cova da Piedade and Casa Pia were spared from relegation and allowed to compete in the 2020–21 LigaPro season.^[2]

Teams

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 13 sides from the 2018–19 season, 3 teams relegated from the 2018–19 Primeira Liga and 2 promoted from the 2018–19 Campeonato de Portugal.

Team changes

Relegated from 2018–19 Primeira Liga Chaves Nacional Feirense Promoted from 2018–19 Campeonato de Portugal Casa Pia Vilafranquense

Promoted to 2019–20 Primeira Liga Paços de Ferreira Famalicão Relegated to 2019–20 Campeonato de Portugal Arouca Braga B Vitória de Guimarães B

Stadium and locations

Feirense

Chaves

Benfica B

Académica

Ac. Viseu

C. Piedade

Estoril

Leixões

Oliveirense

Penafiel

Porto B

Sp. Covilhã

Varzim

Farense

Mafra

Vilafranquense

Casa Pia

Location of teams in 2019–20 LigaPro

Nacional

Location of teams in 2019–20 LigaPro (Madeira)

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity [3]	2018–19 finish
Académica	Coimbra	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	29,744	5th
Académico de Viseu	Viseu	Estádio do Fontelo	7,744	11th
Benfica B	Seixal	Benfica Campus	2,720	4th
Casa Pia	Lisbon	Estádio Pina Manique	1,600	1st (CP)
Chaves	Chaves	Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira	8,400	16th (PL)
Cova da Piedade	Cova da Piedade	Estádio Municipal José Martins Vieira	2,230	13th
Estoril	Estoril	Estádio António Coimbra da Mota	8,015	3rd
Farense	Faro	Estádio de São Luís	7,000	10th
Feirense	Santa Maria da Feira	Estádio Marcolino de Castro	5,401	18th (PL)
Leixões	Matosinhos	Estádio do Mar	9,766	7th
Mafra	Mafra	Estádio Municipal de Mafra	1,257	14th
Nacional	Funchal	Estádio da Madeira	5,132	17th (PL)
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro	30,130	12th
Penafiel	Penafiel	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril	5,230	8th
Porto B	Vila Nova de Gaia	Estádio Municipal Jorge Sampaio	8,272	9th
Sp. Covilhã	Covilhã	Estádio Municipal José dos Santos Pinto	3,500	6th
Varzim	Póvoa de Varzim	Estádio do Varzim SC	7,280	15th
Vilafranquense	Vila Franca de Xira	Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior	6,500	2nd (CP)

Personnel and sponsors

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Académica	César Peixoto	Claw	EFAPEL
Académico de Viseu	Rui Borges	Macron	Palácio do Gelo
Benfica B	Renato Paiva	Adidas	Emirates
Casa Pia	Luís Loureiro	Macron
Chaves	José Mota	Lacatoni	Museu do Pão
Cova da Piedade	Jorge Casquilha	Lacatoni
Estoril	Tiago Fernandes	Capelli Sport	EuroBic
Farense	Sérgio Vieira	Hummel	MEO
Feirense	Filipe Martins	Legea	Castro Electrónica
Leixões	Carlos Pinto	Luanvi	Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos
Mafra	Vasco Seabra	Lacatoni
Nacional	Luís Freire	Hummel	Santander Totta
Oliveirense	Pedro Miguel	Rakso	Simoldes
Penafiel	Miguel Leal	Macron	Restradas
Porto B	Rui Barros	New Balance
Sp. Covilhã	Ricardo Soares	Lacatoni	Natura / MB Hotels
Varzim	Paulo Alves	Stadio	Carnes São José
Vilafranquense	Filipe Moreira	Adidas

Season summary

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nacional (P)	24	14	8	2	36	16	+20	50	Promotion to Primeira Liga
2	Farense (P)	24	15	3	6	35	22	+13	48
3	Feirense	24	11	9	4	27	18	+9	42
4	Mafra	24	10	9	5	33	24	+9	39
5	Estoril	24	12	3	9	35	26	+9	39
6	Varzim	24	10	7	7	32	31	+1	37
7	Académica	24	10	5	9	34	26	+8	35
8	Académico de Viseu	24	9	7	8	21	24	−3	34
9	Leixões	24	8	9	7	23	22	+1	33
10	Sp. Covilhã	24	9	5	10	29	27	+2	32
11	Oliveirense	24	9	5	10	36	31	+5	32
12	Chaves	24	9	5	10	26	26	0	32
13	Porto B	24	7	8	9	35	36	−1	29	Ineligible for promotion
14	Benfica B	24	7	7	10	31	35	−4	28
15	Penafiel	24	6	10	8	23	24	−1	28
16	Vilafranquense	24	6	6	12	27	45	−18	24
17	Cova da Piedade[a]	24	4	5	15	20	42	−22	17
18	Casa Pia[a]	24	2	5	17	19	47	−28	11

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2020. Source: Liga Portugal
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off.
(P) Promoted
Notes:

1. On 29 July 2020, the Portuguese Professional Football League punished the 2019–20 Primeira Liga teams Vitória de Setúbal and Aves with direct relegation to the non-professional third-tier Campeonato de Portugal after they failed to provide valid licensing documentation to compete in the professional leagues. As a result, Cova da Piedade and Casa Pia were spared from relegation to the 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal.^[4]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Adriano Castanheira	Sp. Covilhã	Umaro Embaló	Benfica B	[5][6]
September	Daniel Bragança	Estoril	Miguel Bandarra	Farense	[7][8]
October/November	Fabrício Isidoro	Farense	Kikas	Casa Pia	[9][10]
December	Levi Lumeka	Varzim	Miguel Bandarra	Farense	[11][12]
January	Kukula	Sp. Covilhã	Leonardo Ruiz	Varzim	[13][14]
February	Agdon	Oliveirense	Rodrigo Dantas	Casa Pia	[15][16]

Annual awards

Annual awards were given on 28 August 2020.^[17]

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Ryan Gauld	Farense
Manager of the Season	Joaquim Rodrigues	Nacional
Goal of the Season	Rodrigo Dantas	Casa Pia
Young Player of the Season	Daniel Bragança	Estoril
Top goalscorer	Agdon	Oliveirense
Goalkeeper of the Season	Daniel Guimarães	Nacional
Player Fair-Play Prize	Zé Tiago	Mafra
Club Fair-Play Prize	Casa Pia
Turf of the Season	Benfica B

Number of teams by district

Rank	District Football Associations	Number	Teams
1	Lisbon	5	Benfica B, Casa Pia, Estoril, Mafra and Vilafranquense
2	Porto	4	Leixões, Penafiel, Porto B and Varzim
3	Aveiro	2	Feirense and Oliveirense
4	Castelo Branco	1	Sp. Covilhã
	Coimbra		Académica
	Faro		Farense
	Funchal		Nacional
	Setúbal		Cova da Piedade
	Vila Real		Chaves
	Viseu		Académico de Viseu